tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post8170352208295402157..comments2023-09-10T08:52:23.170-07:00Comments on The Scenic Route: The SixtiesJack Kesslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905633991921890386noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-58432027260252389882010-01-29T00:36:14.913-08:002010-01-29T00:36:14.913-08:00Damien, speaking as a person who has done consider...Damien, speaking as a person who has done considerably more than my share of drugs during my life, I would say you are a doofus to dismiss opium as merely a good time. While it can be a very good time, that is only until you can no longer turn it off.<br />The history of China and the British opium trade tells us that. Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of Chinese lives were destroyed by opium in the 19th and 20th centuries.<br /><br />The question is whether the death penalty is ever acceptable, not whether it should be applied to opium traffickers. If a country has a death penalty, applying it to opium traffickers is not unreasonable.Jack Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905633991921890386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-46326321665172822512009-12-29T10:39:55.308-08:002009-12-29T10:39:55.308-08:00Wevs Christy, if he was a retard then more the rea...Wevs Christy, if he was a retard then more the reason for the death penalty, that's called DarwinismDamiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-75703819761138248282009-12-29T10:17:49.856-08:002009-12-29T10:17:49.856-08:00To be fair, the fellow seemed to be mentally ill a...To be fair, the fellow seemed to be mentally ill and the judicial process was a complete and utter joke. I'm all for respecting other nations sovreignty, but come on, there was no due process and there wasn't even a pyschological evaluation! It was a human rights violation, the crime itself is relatively unimportant in this case. Its a far cry from being a just reaction! If it was just a clear cut case of some British citizen getting the death penalty for drug smuggling fine, thats their laws and you have to respect the laws of whatever country you're travelling to, but this guy clearly was suffering from delusions, and probably had something like Bipolar disorder. The entire episode was an outrage.Christynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-3092364307733846222009-12-29T09:57:23.359-08:002009-12-29T09:57:23.359-08:00I would also say to Admirer of Fashion, or whateve...I would also say to Admirer of Fashion, or whatever he is called, that Shaikh's execution is just. Britain's outrage is silly and hypocritical and to go on to a better word, highly ignorant. One only has to consider China's rising drug problem as it becomes a modern society of consumption to understand its strict laws, not to mention the cultural significance of a Britain smuggling opium into China, religion is irrelevant. Personally, I am firmly against the prohibition of drugs because for the most part, they simply offer a very good time but China has different standards with different penalties and this has to be respected. Jack would no doubt be equally as outraged as the British, if a citizen was executed for smuggling in an Arab country, no doubt he would be signing the arbitrary judgments of Huntington on the rooftops (or at least a clash that only involves Islam).Damiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-54025535234825851092009-12-29T09:44:53.129-08:002009-12-29T09:44:53.129-08:00But Jack? What about this one Muslim who was execu...But Jack? What about this one Muslim who was executed by the Chinese for smuggling drugs? What about the Muslims in Afghanistan who are growing opium for the sole purpose of killing good white people here in the good old USA? If all Muslims are predisposed to advancing the drug trade and murder, surely there is a good case to be made for advocating their extermination? Do you not agree?Admirer of Fascismnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-33096451570342194292009-12-29T09:35:56.711-08:002009-12-29T09:35:56.711-08:00LOL, that is one of the most ironic posts I have e...LOL, that is one of the most ironic posts I have ever seenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-65555296823002969382009-12-29T09:04:24.896-08:002009-12-29T09:04:24.896-08:00Admirer of Fascism, have you noticed that you have...Admirer of Fascism, have you noticed that you have been saying exactly the same thing over and over? And you are saying it in exactly the same way. Being boring is one of the few unforgiveable sins.Jack Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905633991921890386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-54933366707823088792009-12-29T04:04:26.731-08:002009-12-29T04:04:26.731-08:00Jack!!! I have some urgent and important news. The...Jack!!! I have some urgent and important news. The Muslim bastards have moved into drug smuggling! My God Jack what will they do next!!! Akmal Shaikh, a British 'citizen' has just been executed by the Chinese!!! Personally if I were in that government I would have stripped him from limb to limb and used his bones for industrial purposes, that is the only equitable way in which to deal with the Muslim fascist racist bastards. <br /><br />Death to the East! Death to Mahommad!Admirer of Fascismnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-19053026169112604192009-12-29T04:02:03.928-08:002009-12-29T04:02:03.928-08:00EPIC PHAILEPIC PHAILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-64878859283646025052009-12-28T14:30:51.500-08:002009-12-28T14:30:51.500-08:00http://koltchak91120.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d...http://koltchak91120.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/double-facepalm.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-13512686356854411202009-12-28T05:59:43.480-08:002009-12-28T05:59:43.480-08:00FAILFAILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-58967266169554126072009-12-28T03:59:07.094-08:002009-12-28T03:59:07.094-08:00Huh? What do you mean? I can't even remember...Huh? What do you mean? I can't even remember yesterday....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26473046.post-60897048973439958562009-12-28T01:13:41.366-08:002009-12-28T01:13:41.366-08:00This is an original joke I just made up. It is a ...This is an original joke I just made up. It is a Boomer joke.Jack Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905633991921890386noreply@blogger.com